Parsha 33 of 54 · Sefer Vayikra
6 pieces on Parshas Bechukosai, one for each year it was written. Each opens as a PDF.
5781–82 · Year 1 · 1 page
Parshas Behar–Bechukosai
May 7-8, 2021 25-26 Iyar, 5781 Faith This week’s pairing of Parshas is about emuna. Hashem reiterated in the beginning of Behar, the laws that were stated at Har Sinai originally. One may ask, why did Hashem repeat here, that which was said on Har Sinai,…
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5782–83 · Year 2 · 2 pages
This week’s Parsha-Bechukosai is the last parsha of Chumash Vayikra. The first Rashis on the parsha help answer some interesting questions for example why the posuk chooses to repeat- chukosai (my statutes you will follow) and then continues and says…
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5783–84 · Year 3 · 2 pages
Parshas Behar–Bechukosai
This week’s pairing of the Parshas ends the book of Vayikra. The theme of the Sefer is sacrifice, as most of the sefer deals with Korbanos, and the goal is to work on being holy, which covers both Israelites and Kohanim. The concluding two Parshas, in some…
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5784–85 · Year 4 · 1 page
This week’s Parsha is Bechukosai, which traditionally can be joined with the previous Parsha, Behar, but this year is separate. The Parsha begins with blessings that will be given to the Jews for keeping on the righteous path, versus later in the Parsha what…
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5785–86 · Year 5 · 1 page
Parshas Behar–Bechukosai
This past week, we witnessed the horrific murder of two people because they were Jewish, not on the streets of Israel or some far-flung place, but the streets of Washington, DC, the US’s capital. I don’t want to write specifically about that, but I want to…
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5786–87 · Year 6 · 2 pages
Parshas Behar–Bechukosai
This week, once again, is a double parsha of Behar and Bechukosai, which discuss the Shnas Hashmita and the Yovel year that follows the 7 cycles of shmita (i.e., the 50th year). In Bechukosai, Hashem affirms that keeping the laws will result in material…
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